Townsman in Church
Bart Allison arrives in Sundown after a three year search for Tate Kimbrough. Although it is Kimbrough's wedding day, Allison makes it clear he blames him for the death of his wife and is out to kill him. A shoot-out in the church puts the wedding on hold and Allison and his trail-buddy hole up in the livery stable. But the reasons for his actions become increasingly unclear, while the town starts to wonder about the grip Kimbrough has over them.
Townsman (uncredited)
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
Sidewalk Passerby (uncredited)
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Американский боксер Шон Торнтон возвращается к себе на родину в Ирландию, где влюбляется в чудесную девушку Мэри Кэт. Она — его идеал, такое светлое чувство он испытал впервые.
Однако он подзабыл, что за народ живет в его родных краях. Ему приходится иметь дело с местными традициями и обычаями (включая выплату «калыма»).
Да и тупоголовый упрямый братец юной феи далеко не подарок, он ведь главный забияка и драчун в городке. Но храброму Шону все нипочем — ведь он влюблен, решителен и смел, крепкий парень и может постоять за себя, боксерская школа не забыта.
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Молодая и наивная Кэрри Мибер садитсяиз Миссури в поезд, и едет ко своей старшей сестре в Чикаго, чтобы начать лучшую жизнь в большом городе. В пути она встречает продавца мебели Чарльза Дроуета, который дает ей свою визитку. В Чикаго она устраивается на обувную фабрику, но её быстро увольняют после получения травмы. Неспособная найти другую работу, она ищет Чарльза, и он приглашает её обедать в самый дорогой ресторан Чикаго. Кэрри становится любовницей Чарльза, хотя ей нравится другой.
Newspaperman (uncredited)
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.
Train Conductor (Uncredited)
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
Wedding Guest
Питер Гарвей - парижский корреспондент газеты Бостонский Утренний Экспресс, пишущий еженедельную колонку о детях - военных сиротах. Его рабочий кабинет находится в приюте, где он постоянно окружен французскими детьми, ждущими усыновления. Неожиданно раздаётся телефонный звонок главного редактора Джорджа Дегнан, который требует, чтобы Питер отправился на «дальний восток» для ведения репортажей из «горячей точки». Но у героя иные планы. Он решает вернуться в Америку, потому что его невеста Эмми прислала звуковое письмо, в котором на высоких тонах объяснила что её терпению пришел конец, она хочет замуж, кочет иметь детей и если бы ситуация была бы мной, то их старший сын пошел бы в пятый класс. Собрав чемодан и получив право усыновления, Питер, взяв из приюта пятиклассника Бобби и дошкольницу Сюзи, вылетает в Штаты. Но его время упущено, Эмми уже собралась замуж за миллионера Уилбура Стэнли.
Confederate Officer
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.
Old Watchman
Feature version of the 1949 serial, KING OF THE ROCKETMEN: Young member of scientific group uses new rocket-powered flying suit to thwart shadowy saboteur known only as "Dr. Vulcan".
Dan, the station agent
Landry has Sam Martin killed. When Tim and Chito find Martin and his son, Chip says Matt Potter was responsible. But when Tim and Chito start their search, no ones knows a Matt Potter.
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
Factory Floorman (uncredited)
История бедного и одинокого мальчика и девушки, которые нашли друг друга. К несчастью, пока девушка продолжает по-настоящему любить мальчика, он находит любовь из высшего общества, частью которого он хотел бы стать. Но порвать с первой любовью не так-то просто, потому что девушка обнаруживает, что она беременна. Когда она появляется на горном курорте у озера, где он проводит отпуск с женщиной, которая к этому времени сумела стать его невестой, его запутанные чувства толкают его на непоправимые шаги…
Policeman (uncredited)
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
Minister (uncredited)
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he’s back. And the bad blood stirred up by his return and the violence caused by a cattleman’s grab for all the good grasslands mean Steve must strap on his sidearms again. Rod Cameron -- who became a marquee draw with a pair of espionage serials in the 1940s and went on to establish himself as a popular cowboy star -- makes Steve a hero to reckon with in Short Grass, one of the actor’s 10 films with busy shoot-‘em-up director Lesley Selander. Johnny Mack Brown, a sagebrush stalwart in his own right, plays the marshal who allies with Steve. Adding to the Western pedigree is costar Cathy Downs, who plays the title role in the iconic My Darling Clementine. Buffs will note other familiar faces, including Alan Hale, Jr., well remembered as the skipper who takes a “three-hour tour” to Gilligan’s Island.
Accountant Augustis King discovers that his wife, Marfhe, is having an affair with his boss Sam Bellows. He telephones Internal Revenue Bureau that he can give evidence of a large tax-evasion racket. Before IRS-agent Steve Daniels arrives, King is murdered by a henchman of Bellows and his partner, Ernie Medford. Daniels discovers that Bellows and Medford are smuggling gold bullion from their mine in Mexico, and sell and bank the money under assumed names. they hide the bullion in a compartment welded to the bottom of a car.
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Парализованный и озлобленный на весь мир ветеран Второй мировой войны Кен лежит в больнице. Его возлюбленная Эллен пытается навестить его, но Кен не хочет с ней видеться. Тем временем доктор Брок старается достучаться до Кена…
Courtier (uncredited)
Молоденький писатель Джо Гиллис сидит на полной «мели», его преследуют кредиторы, ему не на что поесть, ему кажется, что жизнь кончилась. Машина, на которой он отправляется бездумно и бесцельно неизвестно куда, вдруг резко виляет в сторону (лопнула шина!) и влетает во двор особняка знаменитой в прошлом, но увядающей в настоящем кинозвезды Нормы Десмонд…
Army Lieutenant
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
Chemical Truck Cop [Ch. 5 bit]
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibility chemical and plans to build a mercenary army of invisible men.
Conductor (uncredited)
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
Buffalo Bill Cody battles a gang of outlaws secretly headed by an unscrupulous lawyer.
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
1945 год. Южная Атлантика. Джон Страйкер - профессиональный морской пехотинец и жесткий командир, требующий беспрекословного выполнения своих приказов. Под его командование прибывает взвод новобранцев из США, которым предстоит пройти обучение перед будущей высадкой на японский остров Иводзима и уничтожить оборонительные укрепления врага.
A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a lady friend who operates an antique shop gets mixed up in a twisted murder plot.
Party Guest (Uncredited)
США. Мейзон-Сити, 1939 год. Преддверие Второй мировой войны. Вилли Старк — ультраправый политический деятель — стремится к монопольной власти в своем штате.
Его «выдрессированная» команда профессиональных журналистов и аналитиков, используя любые средства — подлог, обман, грязный шантаж, насилие и вымогательство, приводит своего лидера к победе на выборах. Старку принадлежит все, что есть в его штате — от скромной недвижимости до гигантских заводов. Он всемогущ и рвется в высшие эшелоны власти…
Rimrock Citizen
This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a prominent member) to become normal everyday citizens. Of course, there's no room in the Wild West for reformed outlaws, and the duo inevitably find themselves caught up in showdowns and robberies.
Used Car Salesman (Uncredited)
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Wyoming Dan (Trevor Bardette) returns home after 20 years evading the law for a crime he didn't commit, only to find his son on his deathbed. Seeking revenge for his son's murder, Dan enlists the help of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane), who poses as an outlaw to try to uncover the truth. When the duo manage to track down the killer, they find him armed to the teeth.
Warehouse Guard
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
Baseball Fan
Бывший бейсболист, путешествуя по привинции, замечает молодого талантливого игрока Монти Стрэттона. Он убеждает его пробиться в профессиональную лигу, помогает ему в этом. Карьера Стрэттона будет яркой, но недолгой.
Saunders (uncredited)
Charles Starrett once more dons the mask of mysterious do-gooder "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Challenge of the Range. Wandering cowboy Steve Roper (Starrett) is hired by the Farmers Association to stem the activities of a group of gunmen who are driving ranchers off their land. The most likely suspect turns out to be innocent: the real culprits are within the Association itself. With the help of the chief suspect's son, Roper brings the crooks to justice.
Doctor - Ch. 8
Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little more than a cowboy in a black mask in this 12 chapter Republic serial. Mason, the head of the telegraph line work crew, assumes his ancestor's trade-mark mask (but not whip) in order to prevent a local czar (Roy Barcroft) from sabotaging the burgeoning telegraph line. Pamela Blake, a brunette starlet formerly known as Adele Pearce, played Mason's imperiled girlfriend, and the serial also benefitted from the usual competent work of Republic's great stunt-performers, including Dale van Sickel, Tom Steele, Eddie Parker, and Joe Yrigoyen.
Man on Coroner's Jury (uncredited)
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.
Policeman at Hospital (Uncredited)
Jenny Marsh is a hard-luck dame who's just finished five years in the slammer for killing a man. Jenny's not exactly the murdering type -- she did the deed while defending her jailbird lover, Harry, which is probably one reason she's attracted the attention of her parole officer, Griff Marat. In fact, Griff is so taken with Jenny that he gets her a job caring for his ailing mother, but although Jenny tries to fly right, she's not yet over Harry.
Old Seaman
В южной части Тихого океана, от Маркиских островов до Целибиса, от Суматры до Гаваев веками царила идеалистическая атмосфера, до тех пор пока не появился белый человек. Все земли были захвачены и разграблены, появились целые торговые империи. Они были повсюду - голодные и жадные до денег, одна из них называлась «Байтек Лимитед» которой управлял некий мистер Сидней. В 1860 году на флагманском корабле этой компании «Красная ведьма», под командованием капитана Раллса, человека жесткого и хладнокровного, оказывается Сем Роузен, который, вначале очень раздражает капитана своими манерами, а затем становится его лучшим помощником и другом. Прежде чем это случится, капитан Раллс делает всё, чтобы судно получило пробоину на рифах и затонуло. Как выяснится позднее, на борту находился груз золота стоимостью пять миллионов долларов, и это обстоятельство повлияло на решение капитана, и заставило засомневаться в случайности крушения...
Frank
Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa.
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Terry O'Rourke, an American operating a small airline in Canada, is having a tough time making a go of it; he has to cope with unfavorable weather conditions, a rocky terrain, and a large Americam company determined to buy him out at their low price. In addition, one of his primary employees is working against him. One of his airplanes is transporting a cargo of gold and the pilot arranges for the gold to be stolen. He planned to parachute to safety, letting the airplane be looted when it crashed, but a co-worker cuts his parachute cord and he is killed. O'Rourke, with the air of one of his best pilots, Kay Cameron, sets out to track down the culprits.
Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community.
Postman (uncredited)
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
Commissioner Barton [Ch. 9-11]
Crooks discover a Genghis Khan treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border but the treasure is hidden somewhere on land. In their efforts to find the hidden treasure they resort to murder and sabotage to stop the construction of the Alcan highway which will bring homesteaders to the area. Sergeant Royal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police battles through 12 episodes to find the crooks and to learn the identity of their mysterious leader known only as 'The Boss'.
Carnival Customer (uncredited)
Стэн Карлайл работал фокусником, «читавшим» чужие мысли на ярмарках и в передвижном цирке. Вскоре это перестало его удовлетворять, и он с помощью психиатра начал убеждать состоятельных людей, что способен входить в контакт с их умершими родственниками. Стареющий миллионер Гриндл, жаждущий пообщаться с покойной дочерью, обращается к Карлайлу.
Train Conductor (uncredited)
An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)
Дик расследует кражу меховых шуб, надувательство со страховкой и несколько убийств. Все это связано с огромным головорезом, который имеет крюк вместо правой руки.
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Желая начать новую жизнь после возвращения с войны, городской пижон Боб покупает фермерское угодье с большими планами на развитие-взращивание кур и последующей продажей яиц. Правда, своими планами он не поделился со своей новоиспеченной супругой, городской штучкой Бэтти. У молодых разные взгляды на ферму, которая на самом деле требует больших усилий, чтобы превратиться в место, пригодное для жилья и ведения бизнеса. Боб и Бэтти знакомятся со своими соседями, среди которых Бэтти ждет настоящее испытание для терпения: гламурная соседка Харриет Путнэм определенно имеет виды на Боба.
Doctor (uncredited)
Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.
Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the "bad" part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was that Joe had invented.
Rancher Frank
Singing cowboy Monte Hale plays "himself" in the Republic western Last Frontier Uprising. Actually, he's not really himself, but a federal agent, dispatched to Texas to buy horses on behalf of the government. Hale runs up against a vicious gang of horse thieves, including such veteran western hard cases as Roy Barcroft and Philip van Zandt. The romantic interest is in the dainty hands of Adrian Booth, who used to go by the name of Lorna Gray. Put together with the standard Republic efficiency, The Last Frontier Uprising benefits from the breathless direction of Lesley Selander.
Military Officer in Montage (uncredited)
Джордж Бейли, владелец кредитной компании в выдуманном американском городке Бедфорд Фоллс, честный, отзывчивый, любящий муж и отец, подавлен свалившимися на него невзгодами и подумывает о самоубийстве. Очевидно, что человек, отказывающийся от самого большого дара Бога - жизни - нуждается в помощи ангела-хранителя. И Небеса отправляют ему на выручку Кларенса, единственного свободного на тот момент Ангела Второго Класса, приятного, доброго, но неопытного, еще даже не заслужившего крылья. Если он сделает свою работу хорошо и сможет отговорить Джорджа от смертного греха, он получит крылья. А времени у него почти не осталось... Кларенс находит единственно правильное решение - показать Джорджу мир, в котором тот не существует.
Policeman at Helen's Apartment (uncredited)
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
Railroad Station Agent
A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of having a railroad.
Townsman (uncredited)
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in.
Detective Andy (Uncredited)
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
(uncredited)
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
Doctor at Nora's Presentation (uncredited)
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car. So what is one to do?
Cashier Sam
In this western, a cowpoke gets in an argument; a scuffle ensues leaving the cowboy to believe that he killed his opponent. He is so wracked with guilt that he travels to the ranch of the dead man's sister, gives himself a new name and begins helping her. Rustlers come; he stops them. Trouble ensues after she learns his true identity. A scuffle ensues. She wings him with a gun; he disarms her. Later she hears the real murderer bragging about his crime during a fight with the hero.
Board Member (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
Man at Madley's Show (uncredited)
Эрика Стентона высаживают из автобуса в прибрежном Калифорнийском городке Уолтоне, поскольку он не может оплатить проезд. Встретив роскошную официантку Стелу, Эрик решает остаться в Уолтоне на некоторое время…
First Night Diner (uncredited)
Супружество Милдред с Бертом было неудачным. В то время, как она посвящает всю себя дочерям, в основном старшей, Веде, Берт веселится в приятной компании. Оставив Берта, Милдред устраивается работать официанткой. Будучи честолюбивой, она очень много работает и идет вверх по карьерной лестнице. Она знакомится с плейбоем Монти Берагоном и совершает роковую ошибку: выходит за него замуж. А он пускает ее сбережения на ветер…
Dan Stevens
Gang Leader Dutch Malone goes on a hunting trip and is in a car wreck and is confined to the hospital, without the knowledge of any of his gang members. District Attorney Brady induces taxidermist Peter Winkly, who is an exact double for Malone,to impersonate Dutch and assume leadership of the gang. Winkly "takes over" the gang and only Rita, Dutch's girl friend, has any suspicion that he is not really Dutch. But Dutch sees a newspaper showing him out on the town, escapes from the hospital and is on his way to look up the impostor.
Sailor
In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.
Navy Officer, Harbor Patrol (uncredited)
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.
Selby Estate Butler (uncredited)
Очаровательный и невинный Дориан Грей в компании циничного Гарри Уоттонома любуется своим великолепным портретом. Ослепленный своей красотой, юноша клянется, что отдаст свою душу за то, чтобы вечно быть молодым. Десятилетиями Дориан, ставший достойным учеником Гарри, хладнокровно наблюдает за тем, как его жестокость губит всех, кто любит его. Он все так же красив и юн, и лишь его портрет обезображивают бесчисленные шрамы порока. Став прекрасным чудовищем, Дориан уже не верит, что однажды ему придется заплатить за свои грехи страшную цену…
Jason 'Pegleg' Anderson (Uncredited)
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
Guest at Duke of Orleans (uncredited)
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
Train Conductor (Uncredited)
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
Police Officer Martin (uncredited)
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
Policeman at Winthrop Home (uncredited)
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly
Officer Hoffman (uncredited)
The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.
Train Station Passenger (uncredited)
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.
Rancher-Party Guest
Before he was killed by Mark Foster's men, Bud Lawton willed part ownership in his ranch to Hoppy and his two pals. When the three arrive they find a fake posing as Lawton. When they expose the imposter, Foster gets the Sheriff to jail them for Lawton's murder.
Policeman (Uncredited)
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
Mailman
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance when killings plague the fashion photography studio of Ralph McCormick (Edmund Lowe). After his secretary, Julie Taylor(Anita Louise) reports an attempt to murder her there, Erika McCormick's (Ann Savage) Aunt Isabel Fleming (Mary Forbes) is stabbed and the evidence points to Madge Lawrence (Bess Flowers) an older model and an apparent suicide. Police Inspector Joseph Clinton (Frank Craven) declares the case closed...but then Erika is murdered.
Burly Character
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
Wembley Agent
The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England's war effort.
Ticket-Taker
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a last-ditch attempt to avoid their legal breakup by restaging their mountain-resort honeymoon. Things get complicated when a rancher named Big Boy (Rod Cameron, in a Ralph Bellamy-style "sap" role) shows up at the resort in ardent pursuit of Carol, while Lorraine Logan (Harriet Hilliard) sets her cap for Bob.
Cop
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
Man Exiting Saloon
A banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is robbed and all its money taken. The Three Mesquiteers ride into town and set out to help.
Car 41 Police Officer (uncredited)
Gildersleeve has jury duty.
Juror
Фильм сделан во время Второй мировой войны, когда любая картина по определению должна была выполнять некие пропагандистские функции. Но при этом в фильме нет ни малейшего следа какой-либо пропаганды. Более того, с формальной точки зрения, этот фильм просто не соответствует своей задаче. О картине «Эта земля моя» Франсуа Трюффо написал, что это «самый презираемый американский фильм Жана Ренуара», главный герой которого, скромный школьный учитель Альбер Лори в блестящем исполнении Чарлза Лаутона, «боится бомбежек, любит свою старую мать, свои удобства и свой стакан молока, почитает инспектора учебного округа и оккупационные власти...» и просто отчаянный трус. Но он находит в себе силы перед лицом неминуемой смерти выступить на суде с пламенной речью, обличающей нацизм.
Detective Lewis
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
Guard in Library
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
Second Detective
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Когда огонь уничтожает деревообрабатывающую фабрику и в пламени погибает диспетчер Клайд Бракен, пострадавший владелец предприятия Эндрю Холмс обвиняет своего служащего Леопольда Дилга в поджоге и убийстве. Арестованный Леопольд сбегает из тюрьмы и прячется в доме своей приятельницы, школьной учительницы Норы Шелли. Девушка отнюдь не рада такому гостю, потому что дом сдан на летний сезон Майклу Лайткэпу, уважаемому профессору юриспруденции, ожидающему назначение в Верховный суд и желающему посвятить это лето работе над своими трудами в тихом, укромном месте. Учительница перед профессором выдает Леопольда за своего садовника, но тот вскоре узнает истинную причину пребывания парня в доме. В итоге выясняется, что молодой человек стал пешкой в игре коррумпированных органов местной власти, а диспетчер, который якобы сгорел в пламени, жив и здоров.
Police Captain at Tunnel (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
Bystander on Riverboat
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Сокол и журналистка Энн Риордан пытаются разгадать цепь загадочных убийств, начавшихся после того, как бывший рестлер, освобожденный из тюрьмы, отправляется на поиски своей девушки.
Railroad Ticket Taker (uncredited)
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
Pie-Bidder
Judge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of Roy's father and when Roy reads in the paper that he is in trouble he heads out to help him. Arriving, Roy quickly realizes he has been mistaken for one of the outlaws and is not wanted in town. However he stays, and now posing as that outlaw, hopes to learn who is causing all the problems.
Reformatory Guard (uncredited)
The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs, Glimpy, Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby, a henchman of Luke Manning, knows something about the murder.
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
Fire Chief
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper (Robert Preston) escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Rocky's Crew Member (uncredited)
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
Policeman
Fraternity brothers enter one of their own into a scholarship lottery after a women's college insults them. Though the Zeta boys are celebrated for their comedy drag revue, staying undercover as a woman at an all-girls' school wasn't part of the rehearsal!
Policeman in Street (uncredited)
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
Train Conductor #1
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Detective Frank
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to Slade, principally because he's unaware she's a woman.
Townsman
Roy and Gabby fight bad guys to save the town of Deadwood.
Policeman
Leon goes partying in Tiajuana with a friend,and his wife gets wise and makes plans to each him a lesson. She pretends to have a couple of lovers, including a large Cossack knife-handler. Leon, in order to trap her, disguises himself only to mess up things all around, plus getting fired by his boss.
Townsman
The conflict between a railroader and a stage line owner is being aggravated by bad guys who are sabotaging both sides. Roy and Gabby mediate the conflict and expose the bad guys.
Detective
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
Police Lieutenant Jim Hall
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Фильм об истории репортера, которому поручено выяснить подробности биографии недавно умершего газетного магната Кейна.
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.
Detective
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Dan Wendall
A young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl's father.
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of integrity is sweet in this instance, since Wayne happens to be in love with the politician's daughter (Frances Dee).
Police Patrolman
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
The mysteriously ill John Braun makes a new will, leaving out his daughter Barbara, over the protests of his wife. The trouble began when the daughter wanted to marry Mr. Braun's doctor, James Rogers. Mrs. Braun asks Inspector Queen to help find the long-missing Barbara. The inspector's son, Ellery, works on the case. He goes to a home frequently visited by Dr. Rogers where the bell is answered by Nikki Porter who Ellery mistakes for Barbara and insists she return to the Braun home. Nikki does, to protect Barbara, and a short time later finds herself alone in a room outside Braun's bedroom. She finds him dead - his throat cut. No weapons are found and the door to the room where Nikki had been is locked, and she is suspected. Ellery hides Nikki in his apartment. Braun's body, sent for an autopsy, disappears and in its place is a life-sized statue of the dead man.
Apartment Responder (uncredited)
Менеджер Кэй Кайзер и его оркестр отправляются на празднование дня рождения Джэнис Беллакрест, богатой наследницы, в роскошную усадьбу, выстроенную покойным Элмером Беллакрестом, известным финансовым магнатом и исследователем. Добравшись до особняка, гости замечают, что в доме царит таинственный заговор и какие-то «зловещие темные» силы пытаются убить Джэнис ...
Irish Crony in Pub (uncredited)
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
Juror (uncredited)
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
Man at Railroad Station
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
Doctor
Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.
Packing House Employee
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
Farmer at Town Hall Meeting (uncredited)
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
Detective Taking Johnny (uncredited)
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
Policeman (uncredited)
Репортёр Майк Уорд — главный свидетель по делу об убийстве. Он видел обвиняемого Бриггса стоящим возле тела убитого в кафе, и это ключевое свидетельства для признания вины Бриггса. Джейн, невеста Уорда, сомневается в несомненности его показаний, и эти сомнения начинают преследовать репортёра.
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Скучный и скупой бизнесмен Ларри Уилсон возвращается из кругосветного круиза, в последнюю ночь он пытается спасти Дока, упавшего с корабля, и в результате сам оказывается за бортом. Во время спасения их матросами Ларри получает веслом по голове, после чего он полностью забывает свое настоящее и помнит только то, что происходило с ним девять лет назад. Ларри считает, что он мошенник Джордж Кэри и вместе с Доком он хочет обчистить сейф Ларри Уилсона. В это же время он узнает, что у него есть красавица-жена Кей, которая хочет с ним развестись. Ларри не хочет разводиться с ней и делает все возможное, чтобы Кей влюбилась в него снова...
Frank, Prison Guard (uncredited)
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
RR Board Member
Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.
Deputy #1 (uncredited)
После тюремного срока за убийство, Том Джоад возвращается на свое семейное ранчо, которое к тому времени полностью разорилось и прибывает в запустении. В отсутствие какой-либо перспективы найти работу в засушливой Оклахоме, вся семья собирает свой скарб и отправляется на «землю обетованную» — в Калифорнию. Но трудный путь и тяжкие условия не приносят искомой надежды, и даже единство семьи подвергается испытанию, одному из многих, с которыми приходится сталкиваться.
Story
A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.
Frank - Hotel Doorman
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
Constable at Coal Train (uncredited)
Унаследовав от покойного брата формулу невидимости, доктор Фрэнк Гриффин решает применять её исключительно с пользой и первым делом вытаскивает из тюрьмы своего друга Джеффри, ложно обвинённого в убийстве. Оказавшись на свободе, Джеффри начинает поиск настоящего преступника, но одновременно экспериментальный препарат Гриффина начинает проявлять свой негативный побочный эффект.
Mr. Smith
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Guard
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
Policeman
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Superior Court Guard (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Senator Alfred (uncredited)
Наивный идеалист Джефферсон Смит, лидер организации Мальчиков Рейнджеров назначен представителем в Сенат. Он объединяется со старшим сенатором от своего штата, однако не подозревает, как много людей вокруг него ведут двойную игру и выполняют приказания тех, кто выше. Наивный молодой сенатор сталкивается с понятиями коррупции, грязной игры, лживости и заангажированности прессы.
Railbird Race Spectator (uncredited)
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
Army Captain
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Member
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Guard in Movie Room (uncredited)
Заключенный в тюрьму за убийство после написания статьи о коррупции, репортер Френк Росс уверен, что сможет доказать свою невиновность и выйти на свободу. Но не так работает система тюрьмы «Роки Пойнт».
Охрана жестока, работа на мельнице джута нескончаема, а силы, с которыми Росс боролся на свободе, намерены надолго удержать его за решеткой. Вера Френка поколебалась, и он начинает сдаваться…
Federal Man
A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.
Policeman
Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor (Harris Berger), Murph (Hally Chester), Monk (Charles Duncan), Trouble (Billy Benedict) and Yap (David Gorcey). The son of disgraced police officer Lt. Lewis (Harry Carey), Bob vows to clear his dad's name, and also to prove that accused murderer Tommy Shay (Paul Fix) is innocent.
Washington Telegraph Operator
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil.
Detective (uncredited)
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
Policeman
Hattie Leonard sets out to break a criminal gang controlling the dry cleaning business.
Jury Foreman
Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino owner, the other a rancher) and Hoppy believes they provide alibis for each other while one is out committing crimes. Hoppy gets a job in the casino to learn more but is exposed when a gambling gunslinger notices him.
(uncredited)
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Detective (uncredited)
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Policeman at Graduation
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Policeman with Cullis (Uncredited)
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
Cop with Judge
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
Policeman
After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
Photographer (uncredited)
The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a wanted outlaw. This gets Stony into the gang of rustlers and he alerts Tucson and Lullaby as to the next raid. But Hartley is on hand and unknown to anyone is the rustler's boss and he joins the posse with a plan that will do away with the Mesquiteers.
Davis
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project, to marry, then divorce her. When Nancy inadvertently drives off with Tony's dog, Tony seemingly kidnaps her to retrieve the pooch, which leads to a cross-country race between the two to reach Reno and the divorce court since neither one wants to be the second to file papers.
Officer Bringing Bill to Prison (uncredited)
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
Detective Sergeant Tom O'Connor
Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
Screenplay
A wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so desperate to contact her that she gets involved with a phony mystic who promises to put her in touch with her mother's spirit, but who is really after her money. A reporter who loves the young woman sets out to expose the phony "psychic" for the charlatan he is.
Story
A wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so desperate to contact her that she gets involved with a phony mystic who promises to put her in touch with her mother's spirit, but who is really after her money. A reporter who loves the young woman sets out to expose the phony "psychic" for the charlatan he is.
Director
A wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so desperate to contact her that she gets involved with a phony mystic who promises to put her in touch with her mother's spirit, but who is really after her money. A reporter who loves the young woman sets out to expose the phony "psychic" for the charlatan he is.
Doctor
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western directed by George Sherman. The intrepid cowboys known as the Three Mesquiteers; Stony (Robert Livingston), Tucson (Ray Corrigan) and Lullaby (Max Terhune) are on the case when rancher Peg Garth's (Maude Eburne) prize racehorse is abducted by bookie Rod Stevens (Tom London) and a secret cohort to prevent it from winning an important race.
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
В неком американском городке существует преступная организация торгующая наркотиками. Молодые люди, связанные с этой организацией, устроили в своей квартире притон и развивают свой прибыльный бизнес. Причем продают наркотики как взрослым, отвечающим за свои поступки людям, так и тинэйджерам. В общем, все кто был связан с этой квартирой, либо умирает, либо попадает в тюрьму, либо сходит с ума.
Court Bailiff (Uncredited)
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
Officer in Army Show Audience (uncredited)
Эта история началась в 1915 году во времена неукротимого Джаза. Роджер Грант, родившийся на Ноб Хилл в Сан-Франциско получает классическое музыкальное образование. Но однажды, услышав жгучие ритмы африканского джаза, он бросает свою респектабельную карьеру ради музыки рэгтайм. Грант создает свой собственный оркестр «Александр Рэгтайм Бэнд», названный так в честь популярной песни и приглашает солисткой певицу Стеллу Керби. Он влюбляется в Стеллу, но вскоре им приходится расстаться, так как он уезжает с музыкальной бригадой на фронт. Тем временем Стеллавыходит замуж за его друга Чарли Дваера, но брак не приносит ей счастья. Вернувшись с войны, Роджер продолжает свой путь на эстраде. Его оркестр объехал всю Америку и стал чрезвычайно популярен. Стелла осознает, что по-прежнему безумно любит Роджера. Она готова вернутся к нему, но боится быть отвергнутой. У этой истории счастливый конец, они вновь будут вместе, и их сердца будут биться в унисон.
Stagecoach Passenger
Mary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called "The Poker". She is the only woman in the town of Couldee - making her the fancy of all the men there, especially to Sheriff Jack Rance. On the way to Monterey to sing at a mass officiated by Father Sienna, her stagecoach is held up by the infamous masked bandit, Ramerez. He too takes a fancy to Mary, and decides to secretly follow her, taking on the identity of an officer named, Lieutenant Johnson. While in Monterey, he dances, sings and courts Mary, who has now fallen in love with him. He then has to make a quick getaway. In the mean-time, Sheriff Jack has set up a trap to catch Ramerez at "The Poker". When Ramerez does arrive he soon discovers that Mary is the owner, and quickly changes to the identity of Lieutenant Johnson. How long can this charade last?
Nightclub Doorman
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
Seated Policeman (uncredited)
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.
Reporter
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.
White-Haired Creditor
The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but Carol insists on getting a job.
Buyer
Edgar is offered $150 by a nurseryman for a tree on his property, and he plans to remove it with the tractor he won at the county fair. But his neighbor demands some of the tree money as some leafs are hanging over his property. Edgar, on the tractor, ruins a warehouse, smashes a fire hydrant, wrecks a streetcar and tears up the concrete road pavement. Edgar is hauled to court and has to pay the damages. At home, when he yanks the tree out of the ground, it crashes down upon his car.
Policeman (uncredited)
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
Alcott
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Бизнес-леди Маргит Агню живет строго по плану. Она планирует все в жизни – от свадьбы и свадебного путешествия своей младшей сестры с хорошим, но уж очень нерешительным парнем – до того, что подадут на завтрак. И все было бы хорошо, но появился в их жизни взбалмошный Чарли Лодж, который намеревается снять фильм с будущими молодоженами, пишет портрет Маргит, и вообще, в скором времени расстраивает все ее планы. Ни к кому в жизни Маргит не испытывала такой ненависти, как к этому бродяге Чарли…
Man at Auction (uncredited)
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
News Office Worker (uncredited)
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
Stage Manager
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
Sea Breeze Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Сумасбродная пара Джордж и Мэрион Керби гибнут в автомобильной аварии. Они не сразу понимают, что застряли между небом и землей и стали призраками, а когда приходит это осознание они не представляют, что с этим делать. К счастью, им приходит спасительная мысль начать творить добро,....
Racetrack Guard (uncredited)
У очаровательной женщины, запутавшейся в долгах, хотят отнять заложенный и перезаложенный санаторий, в котором осталась только одна богатая пациентка, настоявшая на том, чтобы главврачом назначили любовь ее далекой молодости, ветеринара Хэкенбуша... Братья Маркс смешивают страдающие некоторой суматошностью сюжетные линии в бешеный коктейль с убойным эффектом — от смеха удержаться просто невозможно. Поток юмора, клоунады и эксцентрики настолько плотен, что только успевай оценивать шуточки.
Bailiff (uncredited)
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
FBI Agent
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Ship's Officer
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
Detective
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
Policeman at Police Station
Три сестры Крейг проживают со своей матерью в Швейцарии. Из газет они узнают, что их отец, который развелся с матерью 10 лет назад, собирается жениться вновь на самой «мисс очарование США» - Донне Лайонс. Возмущенные таким оборотом дела, сестры направляются в Америку. Они хотят предотвратить предстоящую свадьбу и убедить папашу вернуться к их матери. Прибыв в Нью-Йорк, сестры обнаруживают, что добиться цели будет нелегко, потому что белокурая невеста и её эксцентричная мамаша уже давно нацелились на состояние их, уже далеко не молодого, отца. Свернуть их с этой дороги смогут только очень большие деньги любого другого кандидата в женихи. Сестры с помощью друзей и своих поклонников разрабатывают хитроумный план, который поможет им восстановить семью и вернуть заблудшего папочку в родной дом.
Conductor
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Detective (Uncredited)
Джон Грин — старший чиновник палаты мер и весов лежит в больнице, после того как попал в автомобильную аварию. Его навещает коллега Джонни Кэйв. Грин делится с ним своими предположениями о том, что авария подстроена бандой некого Всемогущего Кевена.
Джонни просит молодого человека занять его должность в палате мер и весов, чтобы вывести на чистую воду негодяев, подстроивших аварию, но Грин предупреждает, что банде покровительствует кто-то из правительства и, зная вспыльчивый характер парня, умоляет не пускать без причины в ход кулаки.
Кэйву предстоит единолично начать борьбу с владельцами магазинов и складов, которые обвешивают покупателей при помощи хитроумных уловок и приспособлений, ведь потери только за один год для граждан и государства, от деятельности этих непорядочных бизнесменов, составляет приличную сумму, равную оборонному бюджету страны…
Deputy
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Cell Block Guard
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
Conductor
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Лонгфеллоу Дидс, деревенщина из Вермонта, наследует огромное состояние своего дяди и за одну ночь становится известен всей стране. Весь городок собирается на вокзале, чтобы проводить Дидса, поэта, играющего на трубе, в Нью-Йорк, где он должен вступить во владение дядюшкиным капиталом и переехать в огромный особняк. Циничный газетчик МакУэйд не верит в имидж простого честного человека, созданный Дидсу в прессе. Он поручает красавице Бэйб Беннетт взять у парня интервью и дает ей недвусмысленные инструкции. Журналистка притворяется, что теряет сознание у входа в особняк. Галантный Дидс поднимает ее на руки, заботится. Она сообщает ему, что осталась без работы и постепенно начинает вытягивать информацию…
Policeman (uncredited)
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
Знаменитая актриса Хит Джойс внезапно пропала с подмостков, оставив за собой легенду, что всем кто имел с ней дело, она приносила несчастье, будь-то продюсер, режиссер или просто мужчина. С ее именем связывали провалы премьер, разводы, травмы и даже смерти. И только Доналд Берроуз, в судьбе которого она невольно сыграла положительную роль, в результате чего он стал архитектором на Уолл-стрит, не верит в зловещую легенду. Встретив однажды опустившуюся пьяную женщину, он узнает в ней знаменитую актрису и пытается ей помочь и ему самому придется узнать, так ли уж преувеличивает молва о ее злополучном влиянии…
Dick Ingram
A cowboy's brother falls in with a gang of thieves; when he tries to get his brother out of the gang, the gang orders his death--and tells his brother to kill him.
Policeman (uncredited)
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
Policeman (uncredited)
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
Majordomo Directing Cabs
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Frank McLaughlin (uncredited)
When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-hand man, must decide which side he is on.
Joe Williams' Bartender (uncredited)
Дама из высшего общества пытается перевоспитать своего мужа – плейбоя, вызывая в нем ревность.
Police Sergeant O'Connor
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
Court Clerk (uncredited)
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
Reporter (uncredited)
Дэн Брукс, женатый на дочери магната Джэй. Эл Хиггинса Маргарет, не желает делать карьеру в корпорации своего тестя. Его увлечение — это лошадь Бродвей Билл, которую он мечтает выставить на скачках. В этом его поддерживает младшая дочь Хиггинса Элис. Убежав от богатой, но скучной жизни, без гроша в кармане, они заявляют лошадь на участие во всеамериканских скачках…
Soldier with Exhibit 2
Соня, веселая вдовушка, чьи безумные денежные траты поддерживают на плаву экономику крохотной страны Маршовии. Однажды она решает переехать в Париж, чтобы найти подходящего мужа. Узнав об этом, король Маршовии посылает вслед за ней графа Данило - местного Дон Жуана. Молодой человек должен обольстить веселую вдову и вернуть ее домой. Прибыв на место, и не узнав Соню, он влюбляется в нее по-настоящему. Через некоторое время вдовушка узнает о подлинной миссии героя. Данило приходится приложить немало усилий, чтобы убедить ее в подлинности своего чувства, но он терпит фиаско. Не сумев доказать истинность своей любви, граф вынужден по приказу короля вернуться в Маршовию и предстать перед судом, но приговор не будет приведен в исполнение и все закончится так, как и должно быть в оперетте!
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
Detective (uncredited)
Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.
William's Boss (uncredited)
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
Police Sgt. Whalen (uncredited)
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
Minor Role
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Detective Waiter (uncredited)
В канун рождества убита секретарша богатого изобретателя Ваната. Все подозрения падают на него потому, что полиция не может найти профессора в городе. Девушка по имени Дороти Винант приходит в дом к сыщику Нику Чарльзу, человеку, который уже четвертый год отошел от дел. Дороти рассказывает, что это она убила секретаршу, но детектив не верит ей. Он понимает, что девушка пробует взять всю вину на себя. Решив помочь несчастной, он, бросив все дела, начинает раскручивать очень запутанный клубок фактов и обстоятельств.
Stagehand (uncredited)
Оскар Джаффе — успешный Бродвейский режиссер и продюсер, он ставит спектакли, которые собирают немалые деньги. Его боятся и уважают, успех постановок гарантирован, когда он говорит, все должны молчать. Его слово — закон. Однажды, во время очередной репетиции новой постановки, среди актеров-новичков он находит будущую звезду Бродвея Лили Гарлэнд. Эта девушка на три года становится его музой и их семейный дуэт «продюсер и актриса» возглавляет рейтинг успешных пар на театральных подмостках Нью-Йорка. Быстро текущее время и желание новых ощущений берет свое и в один из дней Лили решает порвать с театром ради карьеры в Голливуде. Фабрика грез манит красотку своими перспективами. Такой поворот сюжета не нравится Оскару: во-первых, жена — актриса приносит немалую прибыль его бизнесу; во-вторых, он все-таки, несмотря ни на что, ее любит.
Ballistic Expert
An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case.
Police Desk Sergeant
When a theater offers a free wedding to a couple, confusion reigns.
Studio President (uncredited)
A trio of amateur film makers try to persuade a group of studio executives to exhibit their new movie.
1st Process Server
История начинается спустя приблизительно месяц после драматического финала предыдущего фильма и повествует о дальнейших приключениями режиссера Карла Денхема, который вовлечен в многочисленные судебные процессы после разрушений, вызванных Конгом. Денхем с Капитаном Энглхорном, который уверен, что это — только вопрос времени прежде, чем они разбогатеют, оставляют Нью-Йорк. Они занимаются не очень успешным бизнесом — перевозят груз на восток. В голландском порту Da Kang, они сталкиваются с прежним шкипером, который продал Денхаму карту Острова Черепа, который говорит им, что на острове есть сокровище. Ослепленные мыслью о богатстве, они верят ему. Фактически, он им лжет, для того чтобы они взяли его с собой, потомучто он только что убил человека и ему нужно смыться.
Roulette Table Staff
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.
Customer Wanting Hat
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Stable Boss (uncredited)
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
Man at Gangplank
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
Cop in Court (uncredited)
Главарь банды рэкетиров Пэтси Гарган, за помощь местному политикану в предвыборной компании по всем канонам ганстерской традиции — «Голосуй за нашего кандидата или готовь костыли.» в качестве вознаграждения получает должность заместителя директора в исправительной школе для малолетних преступников. Пэтси и не думал вникать в работу данного заведения, а сама должность интересовала его лишь как возможность регулярно получать заместительскую зарплату.
Но первый же приезд, который должен был стать последним в корне меняет отношение Пэтси. Увидев чудовищьные условия и жестокость персонала по отношению к детям, которых управляющий школой Томпсон и вовсе считает недочеловеками, показывая это всем своим видом, держась подчеркнуто высокомено по отношению к подопечным. Они для него отбросы общества, выходцы из трущоб, из неблагополучных семей, и Томпсон использует их как бесплатную рабочую скотину на производстве.
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the picture in a dress, and Bobby Clark does an extended riff on the word "Alright!" which Lou Costello later stole verbatim. There is a political frameup, a nearsighted hotel house detective, and the ever-popular upstairs motorcycle chase.
Detective with Lt. Coffey (uncredited)
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
Sears' Colleague (uncredited)
Promotional short produced by General Electric for release through Warner Bros. to advertise GE's home appliances.
Police Lieutenant
Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children who nearly wreck her romance when they can't understand why grown-ups kiss...and other complications.
Cell Guard (uncredited)
Том Коннорс приговорен к заключению в тюрьме Синг-Синг, но верит, что его влиятельные друзья скоро помогут ему выйти на свободу. Однако, он проводит 90 дней в камере-одиночке и понимает, что на свободе он окажется нескоро. Он узнает, что его подруга Фэй ранена, и начальник позволяет Тому посетить ее, отпуская его под честное слово. Во время столкновения с гангстером Джо Финном Фэй убивает Джо, но обвиняет в случившемся Тома. Теперь ему грозит электрический стул…
Tom
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Три школьные подружки подросли и стали представительницами разных социальных слоев населения. «Правильная» — выучилась на труженицу-стенографистку. «Оторванная» — прошла перевоспитание в исправительном учреждении. «Красотка» Вивьен вышла замуж за богача, купается в роскоши и растит сына. Однако, из-за отсутствия трудностей в жизни, Вивьен вдруг «срывается с катушек» и сбегает от мужа с каким-то проходимцем, прихватывая и ребенка заодно. В результате Вивьен очень стремительно скатывается вниз по социальной лестнице и подвергает опасности не только свой трещащий по швам брак, но и жизнь собственного ребенка.
News clerk
Светский жиголо охотится за богатой матерью и ее дочерью, но пытается найти настоящее счастье со своей девушкой, которая не богата и не находится в «обществе».
Undetermined Role
John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.
Director
A retired circus clown, Herbert Rawlinson, finds love entering his life when he marries a member of the circus troupe, Ethel Clayton and the adoption of an orphaned circus girl, Joan Wyndham. Later his wife thinks he does not love her and she leaves him. He embarks on a quest to win her back.
Writer
A young woman is forced by her abusive father to marry an older man even though she is in love with a kindly young doctor.
Director
Director
At a three-ring circus, 'Spangles' Delancy, a beautiful bareback horse rider, falls in love with a wanted man, Dick Radley, who uses the circus as a hideout. The show's owner Big Bill Bowman also falls in love with Spangles-- But only one man can have her.
Director
American silent film directed by Frank O'Connor.
Scenario Writer
Disaster strikes when a train engineer is conspired against by enemies.
Director
Disaster strikes when a train engineer is conspired against by enemies.
Director
A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.
Director
Steve Carris, a medical student, is expelled from college, disowned by his father and joins a circus.
Director
An ex-reformatory girl seeks a new life with the help of a fatherly judge and an earnest young minister. Trouble ensues when a criminal gang catch up with her.
Writer
Disguised as a boy, a young woman gets an inner-city street gang back on the straight and narrow path.
Director
Disguised as a boy, a young woman gets an inner-city street gang back on the straight and narrow path.
Director
Gilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to Hollywood to begin anew but the old gang follows behind. Can she stop them from ruining her new life?
Assistant Director
Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors. He heads the ABPA (American Boys' Protective Association) and through it disrupts a number of local social events. The townspeople are pretty fed up with Penrod and his gang, but when a couple of outlaws come to town, Penrod shows his mettle.
Director
The story of Meg Mackenzie, the orphaned niece of two stingy Scotsmen, Donald and Duncan Craig. She's kept busy taking care of their home in the country, while they plan to marry her off to Joe Dobbs (Lincoln Stedman), the son of the village blacksmith. A wrench is thrown in the Craigs' plan when author Stephen Ware comes to the little hamlet in search of a quiet place to work. Meg immediately develops a crush on him and Ware's stay proves to be anything but quiet when there's a robbery and he is assumed to be the guilty party. A mob attacks him, and Meg steps in and saves his life. Her uncles happen to be away, and she takes him in while he recovers from his injuries. When they return, Donald and Duncan are infuriated to find Ware in their home, and they insist that he marry Meg to save her reputation.
Edwin Fairfax
After a brief and unhappy marriage, Gladys Dale finds work as the companion to Diana Dorset, the daughter of a society matron. Mrs. Dorset also has a spendthrift son, Robert, who makes a number of unwelcome advances to Gladys. However, with the arrival of Edwin Fairfax, Mrs. Dorset's younger brother, Gladys finds a soul mate. But then Fairfax has to report for duty in France (being as World War I is going on) and he leaves.
